Clashes in Egypt

Updated
August 19, 2013 08:52:21

Hundreds of people are killed as the Egyptian military moves in to disperse thousands of Muslim Brotherhood protesters who have been camped out in Cairo since former president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a coup. Armoured bulldozers were sent in to clear barricades and witnesses said security forces opened fire on protesters with live ammunition. The operation began shortly after dawn on August 14 (local time) when security forces surrounded the sprawling Rabaa al-Adawiya camp in east Cairo and a similar one at Nahda Square, in the centre of the capital.